Med-Checklist is a synonymic catalogue of vascular plant taxa found growing in the wild in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It has been designed as a synthetic guide to “translate” the botanical nomenclature used in any of them into what is believed to be the correct nomenclature under current taxonomic standards. It also gives territory-by-territory distributions for all listed taxa up to the aggregate level. This interactive digitised version of Med-Checklist corresponds to all available printed volumes (1, 3 & 4) of that work, which cover Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae & Dicotyledones (Acanthaceae-Cneoraceae, Convolvulaceae-Rhamnaceae). ... [Information of the supplier]

The database encompasses information for 568 useful plants from the whole world as well as 510 illustrations (as of: 01-2007), accessible via a detailed search mask (Search for: names, family membership, origin and the organ used). The descriptions of the species contain, amongst other things, information about characteristics, contained substances, and uses, in many case also, photographs. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]

Online edition of the c. 10 000 pages of "Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition", the standard reference work for plant taxonomic literature from Linnean times to 1940. Seven volumens by Frans A. Stafleu (1921-1997) and Richard S. Cowan (1921-1997) published between 1976 and 1988, plus six supplements by Frans Stafleu and Erik Mennega (1923-1998) to the letters A-E published between 1992 and 2000. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]